Development, Application and Performance of Venturi Register L. E. A. Burner System for Firing Oil and Gas Fuels

Abstract

The effect of reducing excess air as a means of curtailing energy waste was recognized in Europe come twenty - five years ago. Research and development work was begun by the British Admiralty and the Associated British Combustion Company, now known as CEA Combustion, Ltd., to develop a more efficient suspended - flame burner. Subsequently, the CEGB (Central Electric Generating Board) in Great Britain developed standards for register type burners installed in fossil fuel fired electric generating stations. These standards required that the burner be capable of operating smokelessly with stable combustion at not more than 0.5% O2 from MCR down to 70% MCR and not more than 0.7% O2 from 70% MCR down to 25% MCR, with not more than 0.01% CO (100 PPM) generation.